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 20 minutes later, everything was ready to go. Michael had changed himself into a brown haired, brown eyed, balding man who was an exact replica of Vindilo. When asked why he chose that image his only response was “It was the clearest picture in my mind other than you guys.”
Liz had explained the plan to every one and it was almost ready to be put into action. Before they got out of the van Max leaned over and whispered, “Be careful Liz. I love you too much for something to happen to you.”
“I'll be fine Max. I always am.” she knew that she was lying and Max knew too, she was not always careful, but he let her believe that. She leaned over and gave him a passionate kiss on the lips and they both let it linger there for a few seconds.
“Ok, Maxwell. We have to go now. Time to break up the love fest.” Michael said resulting in a sharp slap across the arm from Maria.
Max and Michael got out of the van, which was now parked in the back parking lot, and walked to the front doors. Max waited outside while Michael walked in and acted like nothing was happening. The first thing he noticed was that there were two people at the desk. “Crap,” he thought. He hoped the plan would still work. It was then that he noticed the marble floors and stone walls. He noticed the elegant looking ceiling with designs on it by rolling his eyes upward. He walked to the desk and pretended like he always went to a rich hotel. “Hello, I was wondering how many rooms you have left if any. My wife is waiting in the car and it is our honeymoon but the hotel we made reservations for messed up and gave away our room.
“Actually sir,” the clerk began.
Liz wondered how Michael was doing in the hotel. It was almost time for the distraction. Isabel and Kyle were going to wait outside until Liz and Maria were ready. Then Kyle was going to keep look out and stay hidden while Isabel helped Max and Michael. She heard Kyle ask if everyone was ready. They were.
“Ok, sir but could you just check anyway.” Liz heard Michael say as her and Maria walked inside. Michael turned and looked directly at Liz. She fell to the floor and pretended to be convulsing.
“Oh my gosh! Call 911!” one of the clerks said.
“No, it is ok, she is epileptic! We were coming to visit a friend who was in the city for a few days.” Maria said as one of the clerks came rushing over to help. “Is there anything I can do to help?” she heard him ask.
“Yes, hold her head so she doesn't hit it on the floor. And I need you to go get a towel or something for her head.” she said to the other clerk. “Now!” she yelled when he didn't move.
Kyle and Isabel came rushing in then followed by Max who locked the door behind him and closed the blinds. Kyle went to hide in the stairwell. Michael, Isabel, and Max went behind the desk and Isabel used her powers to find the program they were looking for. She then used her powers to figure out the password. Max and Michael were watching the scene unfold before them as a crowd formed around Liz and Maria.
“I found it!” Isabel exclaimed. “Rooms 1 and 5 are being reserved for people. A Mr. and Mrs. Cohune and a Richards Party.”
“Well both those parties just came” Michael said as Isabel hit the check in button and hit OK for all the other information. Just as they stepped out from behind the counter the second clerk came running around the corner and ran up to Liz. Michael and Isabel ran toward the stairwell to got up to the second floor, as the first floor was all recreation, and to let Kyle know where they were going. Max doubled back to make sure the information had been approved saw that it was, grabbed the keys, ran to unlock the door and ran up the stairs. He noticed Kyle had gone to the back door like he was supposed to.
Five minutes later Liz started to come out of her pretend seizure. She opened her eyes and was greeted by a worried look from Maria.
“Are you ok, miss?” the clerk asked.
“Yes, I must have had a seizure, severe epilepsy.” she explained with a heavy tongue.
“I better get her out of here, she is in no condition now to meet our friend. Move out of the way people!” Maria said as she helped Liz to her feet and led her out of the doors. She looked back in time to see both clerks go back to their spot oblivious to everything that had just happened.
 Max, Michael, and Isabel ran up two flights of stairs. They were winded but kept running. The reached room 5 first. Isabel stopped and unlocked the door. Max and Michael kept running two more doors down until they reached room one and Max let them in.
Downstairs Liz and Maria went out of the front doors and ran to the back. They saw Kyle was waiting for them so as soon as he saw them he let them in. They all ran upstairs until they got to room 5 and they knocked on the door.
“Max are you in there?” Liz called softly.
“Hang on, Isabel called and opened the door a few seconds later. The three of them went in and closed the door behind them. They noticed Michael was back to normal as they sat down.
“Did everything go ok?” Isabel asked.
“No,” Max said.
“What do you mean, Maxwell? We are all fine”
“For now, but we may not be.” Max said as he looked at everybody. “There are some people here who can hurt us.”
“Who, Max?” Liz asked.
“The dupes.”
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